FOXWOODS AND THE PEQUOTS
Even though New York only has a three hour difference in time, I think I'm still feeling a little jet lag. I got up at 10am and felt really cranky/tired, but I toughed through it. Jasmine and I were picked up by T. Chit and T. Ben around 11:30am. Our plan was to go straight to Foxwoods Casino but we had to stop at Denny's because we were getting pretty hungry. There goes our idea for our buffet pigout.
We arrived at Foxwoods about 1:30pm. I've heard it's the largest casino on the East Coast. It certainly seemed like it. It has like six different casinos inside it and a shopping area. I walked around to get a sense of all the casinos and the kind of gaming it had. There are a lot of different kinds of games that aren't normally found inside Vegas or California Indian Casinos like Spanish 21 and some strange Asian games.
After I got my fill, it was time to hit the poker tables. I always see Foxwoods on television so I couldn't wait to play. I was nervous, but I knew I've played enough poker to hang with these folks. It turned out I was right because the $2-$4 table I got on had some tough opponents, but not so tough that I lost my shirt.
On one hand, I had AA in the hole and just called a raise with about eight other players in the pot. I looked hungrily at the pot when the flop came K, 10, 9. There was an early bet, a raise and I re=raised. Then, the bet was capped. Only four players remained. The turn was a blank. The early bettor went all-in, so I raised after a bet. I was immediately re-raised and the person to my right called and so did I. I knew I was in trouble and just called the last bet. Turns out I was already beat on the flop when the Korean guy had flopped the nut straight with a Q-J in the hole. That was the biggest pot and most money I lost. After that, the Korean guy was chillin' the rest of the time with the largest chip stack.
However, I made good plays too and in the end, came out $20 ahead for about two and a half hours of play. When I met up with my family, I found out T. Ben had hit the royal flush jackpot. So I got $50 from him and a big smile. They thought I was their lucky charm. In fact, they wanted to press their luck and head to the Mohegan Sun which is another Indian casino nearby.
So off we went but I got lost because I didn't have directions there and there are no signs on the highway directing traffic to the casino. Instead, they had signs that pointed to the reservation. I wondered if Connecticut has laws prohibiting advertising on the highway because I didn't see a thing. Anyway, the Mohegan Sun is much nicer than Foxwoods architecturally, but not nearly as big. Still, it had two separate casinos inside and lots of gaming, but unfortunately, no poker for me to play.
After losing $40 on a dumb Deluxe Double Diamond game that I felt like I was this close to hitting (in fact the jackpot was just one line below the line it needed to be on in one of my spins), I wanted to make it back. So I decided to play $10 blackjack even though I hate multiple-deck blackjack. Sometimes you feel good and tonight was one of those nights. So I made a $20-$25 bet now and then and won and lost some of them, but in the end, I came out ahead $50.
Afterwards, T. Ben treated us to dinner at a BBQ restaurant. Then it was time to go home. Thank goodness for yayo because there was no way I was going to stay away for two hours of continuous nighttime driving without her.
Even though New York only has a three hour difference in time, I think I'm still feeling a little jet lag. I got up at 10am and felt really cranky/tired, but I toughed through it. Jasmine and I were picked up by T. Chit and T. Ben around 11:30am. Our plan was to go straight to Foxwoods Casino but we had to stop at Denny's because we were getting pretty hungry. There goes our idea for our buffet pigout.
We arrived at Foxwoods about 1:30pm. I've heard it's the largest casino on the East Coast. It certainly seemed like it. It has like six different casinos inside it and a shopping area. I walked around to get a sense of all the casinos and the kind of gaming it had. There are a lot of different kinds of games that aren't normally found inside Vegas or California Indian Casinos like Spanish 21 and some strange Asian games.
After I got my fill, it was time to hit the poker tables. I always see Foxwoods on television so I couldn't wait to play. I was nervous, but I knew I've played enough poker to hang with these folks. It turned out I was right because the $2-$4 table I got on had some tough opponents, but not so tough that I lost my shirt.
On one hand, I had AA in the hole and just called a raise with about eight other players in the pot. I looked hungrily at the pot when the flop came K, 10, 9. There was an early bet, a raise and I re=raised. Then, the bet was capped. Only four players remained. The turn was a blank. The early bettor went all-in, so I raised after a bet. I was immediately re-raised and the person to my right called and so did I. I knew I was in trouble and just called the last bet. Turns out I was already beat on the flop when the Korean guy had flopped the nut straight with a Q-J in the hole. That was the biggest pot and most money I lost. After that, the Korean guy was chillin' the rest of the time with the largest chip stack.
However, I made good plays too and in the end, came out $20 ahead for about two and a half hours of play. When I met up with my family, I found out T. Ben had hit the royal flush jackpot. So I got $50 from him and a big smile. They thought I was their lucky charm. In fact, they wanted to press their luck and head to the Mohegan Sun which is another Indian casino nearby.
So off we went but I got lost because I didn't have directions there and there are no signs on the highway directing traffic to the casino. Instead, they had signs that pointed to the reservation. I wondered if Connecticut has laws prohibiting advertising on the highway because I didn't see a thing. Anyway, the Mohegan Sun is much nicer than Foxwoods architecturally, but not nearly as big. Still, it had two separate casinos inside and lots of gaming, but unfortunately, no poker for me to play.
After losing $40 on a dumb Deluxe Double Diamond game that I felt like I was this close to hitting (in fact the jackpot was just one line below the line it needed to be on in one of my spins), I wanted to make it back. So I decided to play $10 blackjack even though I hate multiple-deck blackjack. Sometimes you feel good and tonight was one of those nights. So I made a $20-$25 bet now and then and won and lost some of them, but in the end, I came out ahead $50.
Afterwards, T. Ben treated us to dinner at a BBQ restaurant. Then it was time to go home. Thank goodness for yayo because there was no way I was going to stay away for two hours of continuous nighttime driving without her.
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